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Castletown Primary School
Primary · Ages 3–11 · Council school
Castletown, Thurso KW14 8UA · castletownprimary.wordpress.com · 01847 821256
On the mapSearch near KW14 8UA
Overview
- Pupils
- 67
- September 2025 census
- Local authority
- Highland
- Departments
- Pre-school, Primary
- Denomination
- Non-denominational
- Medium of education
- English medium
- Nursery class
- Yes · 40 places
- Teachers
- 4.1
- Full-time equivalent
- Pupils per teacher
- 16.3
- Average class size
- 22.3
- Additional support needs
- 14 pupils (21%)
- English as an additional language
- 0 pupils (0%)
- Free school meals, P1 to P5
- 100% (42 pupils)
- Most deprived areas
- 0%
- Most deprived fifth (SIMD)
From the Scottish Government’s school contact details, school level summary statistics and School Roll and Locations.
Inspection
Education Scotland’s latest graded inspection on file (full inspection, report published 27 August 2024) graded it 1 to 6 on each quality indicator: Leadership of change 4 (good); Learning, teaching and assessment 4 (good); Raising attainment and achievement 4 (good); Ensuring wellbeing, equality and inclusion 4 (good).
- Report published
- 27 Aug 2024
- Full inspection · Education Scotland
Quality indicators
| Leadership of change | 4 · Good |
|---|---|
| Learning, teaching and assessment | 4 · Good |
| Raising attainment and achievement | 4 · Good |
| Ensuring wellbeing, equality and inclusion | 4 · Good |
Previously: inspection, Jan 2010
Earlier inspections
Before October 2016
Jan 2010Inspection
Improvements in performance 4 · Good Learners’ experiences 4 · Good Meeting learning needs 4 · Good The curriculum 4 · Good Improvement through self-evaluation 3 · Satisfactory
Care Inspectorate (nursery class)
- Graded report
- 7 Nov 2023
- Care Inspectorate
- Nursery places
- 40
Key questions
| How good is our care, play and learning? | 4 · Good |
|---|---|
| How good is our setting? | 4 · Good |
| How good is our staff team? | 4 · Good |
| How good is our leadership? | 4 · Good |